National Biography Award 2022 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 14 July 2022
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted books are: Car Crash: A memoir (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.) Home...
Last chance to complete our 2022 employment survey Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Books+Publishing‘s 2022 employment surveys will close at midnight tonight, Friday, 15 July. If you are currently employed by a company in the book industry (e.g. publisher, bookshop, rights agency), please complete our employees’ survey...
Vale Suzanne Bellamy Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Artist, writer and scholar Suzanne Bellamy died on 20 June in Braidwood, NSW. Spinifex Press publisher Susan Hawthorne writes: Spinifex Press is saddened by the death of artist, writer and...
Vale Jean Ferguson Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Book industry leader Jean Ferguson OAM passed away aged 90 on Sunday, July 3. Angus Dalton, Ferguson’s grandson, writes: ‘If you are looking for a fascinating, compulsive industry where one...
Byron Writers Festival full 2022 program announced Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Byron Writers Festival, Australia’s largest regional writers festival, has announced the full line-up for its 2022 event, which runs 26–28 August. After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the festival...
UBD new release freight change Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Through the first half of this year we have continually assessed our freight model and been reviewing our options, to ensure we are comfortable moving into the back end of...
Product manager (publisher) – vocational and university, Melbourne Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
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Account manager (discovery), Sydney/remote Archive
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Applications opening soon for Heyman Mentorship Award in partnership with HarperCollins Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Kathryn Heyman, founder of the Australian Writers Mentoring Program, has teamed up with Catherine Milne of HarperCollins to offer the 2022 Kathryn Heyman Mentorship Award for a writer from a...
Various positions, Melbourne Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
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Commissioning editor, Sydney Archive
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Bookseller, Sydney Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
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Submit your books for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Book Supply program now Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is calling on publishers big and small to submit their titles to be considered for ILF’s 2023 Book Supply packs. ILF’s Book Supply program provides...
Australia Reads digital programs producer, Sydney with WFH options Archive
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
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Tracey Lien on ‘All That’s Left Unsaid’ Archive
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Tracey Lien's debut novel All That's Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction, September) blends a murder-mystery with a 'raw and honest' exploration of the Vietnamese-Australian experience in the late 90s. Reviewer Anthea Yang, who...
The Upwelling (Lystra Rose, Lothian) Archive
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Kirra doesn’t understand how or why, but her dreams come true. And no one believes her, not even Nan, who told Kirra to never mention her ‘power’. One night, she...
Griffith Review announces emerging voices competition winners Archive
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its second annual emerging voices writing competition. The winners of the Long and Short of It competition are: Stephanie Barham Melanie Myers Emily...
Arthur C Clarke Award shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
The shortlist for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year, worth £2022 (A$3571), has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Deep Wheel Orcadia (Harry Josephine...
KYD announces new creative nonfiction prize Archive
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a new creative nonfiction prize. Open exclusively to KYD subscribers, the KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize will be judged by essayist Fiona Wright in...
Fair Work approves BRTD EBA Archive
Monday, 11 July 2022
The enterprise bargaining agreement between staff and owners at Sydney bookshop Better Read Than Dead (BRTD) signed earlier this year, has been approved by the Fair Work Commission. Conditions under...
Rimmer buys Collins Orange Archive
Monday, 11 July 2022
Author Kelly Rimmer has purchased Collins Booksellers Orange, NSW from founders Phillip and Margaret Schwebel. After 22 years, the Schwebels sold the store to Rimmer, a long-time customer, with the...
US first-half book sales down 6.6% Archive
Monday, 11 July 2022
In the US, book sales were down 6.6% year-on-year for the first half of 2022, but remain about 15% higher than the same period in 2019—the last pre-pandemic year, reports...
Writers Vic announces 2022 Writeability fellows Archive
Monday, 11 July 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the 2022 Writeability fellows. The following five writers with disability were awarded Writeability fellowships: Dorian Sutton for 'The Passenger', a young adult, queer coming-of-age story about...
Ingram to become UK wholesaler Archive
Friday, 8 July 2022
Ingram is to become a wholesaler in the UK, reports the Bookseller. Ingram Content Group UK senior vice-president David Taylor said the company will launch the full service in September...
Wilderness Society announces Environment Award shortlists, new Karajia Award Archive
Friday, 8 July 2022
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL), as well as the new Karajia Award for First Nations children's storytelling. The shortlisted...
Books in the media this weekend, 9–10 July Archive
Friday, 8 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Age of Fibs (Beth Spencer, Spineless Wonders) Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2022 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 7 July 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years All Dogs Bark...
Europe passes digital piracy, disinformation measures Archive
Thursday, 7 July 2022
The European Parliament has passed the Digital Services Act (DSA), which comprises measures for European Union nations to battle digital piracy, among other crimes, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the new...
Royal Societies of ANZ partner on $10,000 writing award Archive
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
The Royal Societies of Australia and New Zealand Te Apārangi have announced a new partnership with the Creative Force Foundation, co-founded by author and environmentalist Bruce Piasecki. Under the partnership,...
Hachette acquires Dunn debut novel Archive
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Dirt Poor Islanders, the debut novel by Winnie Dunn. Dirt Poor Islanders explores growing up in a blended Tongan family in Western Sydney...
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